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The craft of piano playing
Welcome to the CRAFT OF PIANO PLAYING forum, dedicated to Alan Fraser's approach to piano technique. If you are familiar with the book or DVD, or interested in finding out more, please post your impressions, thoughts, questions and advice...
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zackm
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 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject: My Grade 4 Exam Practise Recital |
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Hi,
My teacher organized this informal recital to give me the oppurtunity to practise live performance for my grade 4 RCM exam next week.
Recording quality is not the best but I hope its good enough to get some feedback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq8qRrJ4Ssc
My pieces are:
Burgmüller: The Wagtail opus 100 no 11
Christopoer Norton: Blues no. 1
Bach (A.M. notebook BWV Anh. 132 ) Minuet in D minor
Tchaikovsky: the doll's funeral (Op. 39 no. 8 )
Clemeti : Sonatina in G Major 3rd movement (Op 36. no.2)
I have been studying piano a year and half now (purchased the craft of piano DVD a year ago).
I am going to have my first exam next week, I hope I don't get too nervoud and mess it up.
I would appreciate any constructive criticism.
Zack |
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alan fraser
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Hello Zack,
Very impressive for one year of study, my hat's off to you!
As for constructive criticism, the main thing is rhythmic stability. Especially in the first piece, you have to feel much more that you are generating a dependable pulse. One way to do that without getting overly mechanical about it is putting the metronone on but slowly, under tempo, and pretending that YOU are making the metronome click by playing the beat note. I write about it in The Craft of Piano Playing...
Good luck!
AFF
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zackm
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| alan fraser wrote: |
As for constructive criticism, the main thing is rhythmic stability. Especially in the first piece, you have to feel much more that you are generating a dependable pulse.
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I agree that first piece is where I have the weakest sense of pulse (and I also tend to lose it as I tense and get excited when performing in front of people).
| alan fraser wrote: |
One way to do that without getting overly mechanical about it is putting the metronone on but slowly, under tempo, and pretending that YOU are making the metronome click by playing the beat note. I write about it in The Craft of Piano Playing...
AFF |
A very intersting technique. I hope the 2nd edition comes out soon.
BTW, do you think "honing" is appropriate for my level or is considered more advanced than the "craft"?
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alan fraser
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I just received a message from an adult amateur at a beginning level, who finds the material of Honing fascinating and really great. So I guess it's safe to say that, given your initial interest in my whole approach, and given the playing I saw online, Honing would certainly provide you with new, relevant food for thought. It's not 'more advanced' than Craft so much as the next step. For some it offers some steps that they should take before doing some of the ones in Craft. It all depends on what sort of technique you have, not how 'advanced' it is...
All the best,
AFF
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zackm
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Thanks Alan,
What you say makes a lot of sense because your approach really forces everyone to go back and feel like a beginner again.
With the material in the DVD, I don't feel like there is any particular order in which I need to practise the excercises - usually when I recognize a problem in my playing I try to find a solution from one of the DVD chapters. I have recently gone back to chapter 1 and was amazed to see how re-revieing the basics can help.
Anyway, time to order the book  |
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alan fraser
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Sometimes in a lesson I worry and even feel apologetic about going back to the nuts & bolts in such detail. I wish there was a way of doing this stuff without having to feel so much like a beginner again, but I think it's the nature of the beast...
In any case, reviewing the basics is always useful... Glad to see you are using the DVD intelligently and not dogmatically...
AFF
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